Management (Undergraduate) (MGT)

Note: Some courses listed here may run only once per academic year, or every other academic year. Not all courses are available on both campuses. The catalog is constantly changing. Visit the pace website to view the most current class schedule, class descriptions, and required or suggested prerequisites.

MGT 308 Travel & Tourism Management (3 credits)
This course provides an overview of the travel industry field and related businesses including an examination of the close linkages between hotel, food, recreation, transportation and other industries affected by tourism. Special attention will be given to the travel industry network, domestic and international travel and tourism trends, the impact of government and public policy on tourism, travel destination planning, and development, and the effects of travel and tourism on infrastructure and native cultures.

MGT 313 Cruise Industry Management (3 credits)
In depth assessment of the management of the global cruise industry and its impact on the tourism industry. Students will develop a business plan that considers the management, marketing, organizational structure, operations, regulations, financial issues and sustainability of this global industry. Students will also explore the environmental, economic and cultural/social impacts of the cruise industry.

MGT 330 Business & Society (3 credits)
An interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary social and ethical problems which businesses face. This course deals with the relationship of the corporation to other social and political institutions in America and with international changes affecting American businesses.

MGT 340 International Management (3 credits)
This course identifies areas of similarities and differences in terms of cultures and sub-cultures, legal, political, and social systems, as well as economic order. The effect of environmental factors on multinational business operations is explored. Special attention is given to the opportunities and problems which different environments afford management of international business.

MGT 347 International Management Field Study (3 credits – Travel Course)
The International Management Field Study provides students with the unique opportunity to visit other countries and regions of the world and to learn about the cultures, subcultures, legal, political, and socio systems, economic order, and work settings of the area visited. Students will meet with foreign managers, educators, and government officials, as appropriate, to discuss issues affecting the practice of management in the region visited. In addition, students may participate in various local business or cultural events as a means of gaining a more personal understanding of the evolution and practice of management in that region. The field study component of the course will generally take place during intersession, spring break, or summer.

MGT 347A/BIO 399K International Management Field Study: Tourism Destination Planning in Florence and the Mugello Region, Italy (3 credits)
This course offers the unique opportunity for students to see how science and business can work together in developing a very successful tourism industry in the Tuscany region of Italy. The course focuses on the principles of business development, environment, ecology, and sustainability of ecotourism and agrotourism in Florence and the Mugello territories of Italy.

MGT 349 International Management Seminar – Topic: Global Sustainable Development (3 credits)
This course introduces students to the issues involved with global sustainable development by bringing together management, social responsibility, and civic engagement. With the world’s attention on global environment issues highlighted with the “2012 Rio + 20 Convention” in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (following –up from the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio) and subsequent series of major world conferences, “sustainable development” and the rise of environmental issues became prominent on the world’s agenda. Even now, “Rio + 20” has addressed the progress of the world in this regard. That is the “macro view” of the topic, but the “micro view” is that individuals, communities, towns, cities, and states are the ultimate cogs that must work together towards civic engagement to accomplish the individual goals of sustainable development in order to have the macro view accomplished. Prerequisites: MGT 250 and Junior standing.

MGT 396E Topic: Ecotourism and International Business (3 credits )
This course offers the opportunity to study special topics in management.

MGT 396J United Nations Millennium Development Goal: Brazil (3 credits )
A global civic engagement opportunity to study and understand the UN Millennium Development Goals for 2015 with an application to the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. Involves study of Brazil, assessment of goals, planning and working with businesses and community agencies in Brazil. Required planning meetings to be held during the summer prior to trip in August and follow up classes during fall.

MGT 396R Topics Green Business in the Hudson Valley (3 credits)
Issues of environmental management in general, and in the Hudson River Valley specifically, will be explored from the points of view of organizational systems, strategic analysis and stakeholder analysis. The fundamental concern of management is how to organize to achieve goals. One of the most important goals of corporation, government institutions, non-profit institutions, and society is creating sustainable enterprise.

MGT 396S Topic Environmental Management and Sustainability (3 credits)
Is the Ecopreneur a creative free-rider or an existential manager committed to sustainability? Students will answer this question by exploring contrasting cultural views and theories of creativity, entrepreneurship, eco-design, and government eco-regulation. They will create individual green business plans for an actual start-up that is sustainable both economically and environmentally, and will ‘pitch’ these designs at the end of this celebration of community sustainability and learning.

MGT 396U / CIT 396C The Hudson River Experience: Multiple Perspectives on Environmental Responsibility (3 credits)
Many environmental issues facing the nation and planet can be studied in unique fashion through focusing on the Hudson River experiences. Through a combination of classroom, field, and experiential learning, this course will use the Hudson River Valley and region as its connecting theme and central subject. The semester will be comprised of four (4) modules taught by diverse faculty and will include business, policy, humanities, and technology. Students will gain a deep understanding of the environment in which Pace University is located and the pivotal role this region has played in local and global affairs, particularly in relation to the environment.

Note: Some courses listed here may run only once per academic year, or every other academic year. Not all courses are available on both campuses. The catalog is constantly changing. Visit the pace website to view the most current class schedule, class descriptions, and required or suggested prerequisites.